OCA News Cattlemen’s Academy a Success in Year One The Ohio Cattlemen's Association (OCA) launched a new producer education program this fall, the OCA Cattlemen's Academy. OCA recognizes the importance of serving individual members across the state, and the goal of the Cattlemen's Academy is to offer informative, hands-on learning experiences as part of a current OCA membership. Each year, the program
will focus on a different aspect of the cattle industry with a new meeting series that is important to producers in the state of Ohio. As its first series, the Cattlemen's Academy hosted four calving clinics at different locations across Ohio in conjunction with the Department of Animal Sciences at The Ohio State University (OSU). These four clinics were held in Caldwell, Rio Grande, Hillsboro, and Wooster. During the clinics, participants learned how to determine calf presentations and more about calving assistance techniques and calving facilities design. They were also instructed on nutritional management of the prepartum cow and bull selection for calving ease. Various experts from Ohio State and the cattle industry were on hand to instruct attendees
and answer questions throughout the clinics. The Cattlemen's Academy calving clinics were free for OCA members to attend, as well as for non-members with the purchase of an OCA membership at registration. "The response to this program has been overwhelmingly positive and the attendance far exceeded our expectations. I'm looking forward to what this program can do for our members in the future,” says Aaron Arnett, OCA president. For questions about the Cattlemen's Academy, contact Kagney Collins at kcollins@ohiocattle.org or 614-8736736.v
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